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Etymology
From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”).
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Noun
nighttime (countable and uncountable, plural nighttimes)
- The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.
1986, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant:Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time
1996, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 50, number 7, page 52:Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.
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Adjective
nighttime (not comparable)
- Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night.
- Happening during the night.
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pertaining to nighttime, appropriate to the night
happening during the night